Talk:Challenger Center for Space Science Education

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I feel that the subject of the article is appropriate for Wikipedia, but the present article needs a complete rewrite to avoid getting a deletion nomination, It appears to be in many sections copied from [1], which would be a copyright violation. It needs to gain a neutral point of view and to avoid sounding like an advertisement. I remove some obvious conflict of interest markers such as when it said "Our vision" etc. Text such as "the seven brave astronauts who are now in that shuttle on the way to being embedded into the heavens,and not forgotten in our hearts, especially when we look up into the night sky," might work in a funeral oration but are completely inappropriate in an encyclopedia, so I cleaned it up. The subject of the article seems a fine one, but the article is way too spammy and would benefit from a complete rewrite into an objective article, by someone who is a more talented writer than I am. If those working on the article have any references from independent sources, those are badly needed. To satisfy Wikipedia's notability standard, there needs to be coverage in multiple independent and reliable sources. The various external links are to websites which are not independent. Newspaper and magazine articles would help, especially if they are more than reprinted press releases (such as routine "Janie Jones from Thisville attended the Challenger Center"). For references to use, see Google News Archive [2]. Many of the articles require a subscription to view the full text, but many libraries allow online access. Some of the articles, such as from the New York Times [3], [4] , CNN [5] , and the San Francisco Chronicle [6] are viewable online. Behind paywall are many other articles in the LA Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, etc. Edison (talk) 13:31, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed

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Edit request

Please change the intro "Challenger Center for Space Science Education is a United States 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, DC. It was founded in 1986 by the families of the astronauts who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986. The organization offers dynamic, hands-on exploration and discovery opportunities to students around the world. These programs equip students with the knowledge, confidence, and skills that will help better our national social and economic well-being. Challenger Learning Centers give students the chance to become astronauts and engineers and solve real-world problems as they share the thrill of discovery on missions through the Solar System. Using space simulation and role-playing strategies, students bring their classroom studies to life and cultivate the skills needed for future success"

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"Challenger Center is a United States 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in Washington D.C. The organization was founded in 1986 in the aftermath of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. The Crew’s family came together firmly committed to the belief that they must carry on the spirit of their loved ones by continuing the Challenger crew’s educational mission. Their efforts resulted in the creation of Challenger Center and its global network of Challenger Learning Centers. The organization uses space-theme simulated learning and role-playing strategies to help students bring their classroom studies to life while cultivating skills and knowledge in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) Challenger Center takes students on a mission with their cutting-edge Mission Control room and high-tech Space Station. Each student plays a unique role on a team, works with hands-on labs, and finds solutions to address a simulated emergency. Missions are aligned with the current national standards and are accompanied by classroom lessons." Source: https://www.challenger.org

Please update the Challenger Learning Centers name "Challenger Learning Center at the Museum of Flight Seattle, Washington Challenger Learning Center at Wheeling Jesuit University Wheeling, West Virginia Challenger Learning Center of Alaska Kenai, Alaska Challenger Space Center of Arizona Peoria, Arizona Challenger Learning Center at the Columbia Memorial Space Center Downey, California Challenger Learning Center at Chabot Space and Science Center Oakland, California Challenger Learning Center at the Discovery Museum Science & Space Center Sacramento, California Challenger Learning Center of Colorado at the Colorado Consortium for Earth & Space Science Education Colorado Springs, Colorado Challenger Learning Center at the Discovery Museum Bridgeport, Connecticut Challenger Learning Center at Kirby Smith Middle School Jacksonville, Florida Challenger Learning Center of Tallahassee Tallahassee, Florida Challenger Learning Center at the Coca-Cola Space Science Center Columbus, Georgia Challenger Center Hawaii at Barbers Point Elementary School Kapolei, Hawaii Challenger Learning Center at Heartland Community College Normal, Illinois Challenger Learning Center for Science & Technology Woodstock, Illinois Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana Hammond, Indiana Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky Hazard, Kentucky Challenger Learning Center - Louisville, Academy @ Shawnee Louisville, Kentucky Challenger Learning Center at Paducah, West Kentucky Community and Technical College Paducah, Kentucky Challenge Learning Center of Maine Bangor, Maine Challenger Learning Center at Howard B. Owens Science Center Lanham, Maryland Challenger Learning Center at the Christa Corrigan McAuliffe Center, Framingham State University Framingham, Massachusetts Challenger Learning Center in Memory of Alvin H. and Emily T. Little Kalamazoo, Michigan Challenger Learning Center – St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri Challenger Learning Center of Northern Nevada Sparks, Nevada Buehler Challenger & Science Center Paramus, New Jersey Town of Ramapo Challenger Learning Center Airmont, New York Challenger Learning Center of the Twin Tier Region Allegany, New York New York City Center for Space Science Education New York City, New York Challenger Learning Center of Greater Rochester Rochester, New York Challenger Learning Center of the Greater Capital Region at miSci Schenectady, NY Challenger Learning Center of Dayton Dayton, Ohio Challenger Learning Center of Lake Erie West Oregon, Ohio Challenger Learning Center of Richland County School District One Columbia, South Carolina Challenger STEM Learning Center; University of Tennessee Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tennessee Texas State Technical College Challenger Learning Center Harlingen, Texas Challenger Learning Center at the George Observatory Needville, Texas Challenger Learning Center at the Scobee Education Center, San Antonio College San Antonio, Texas Challenger Learning Center Richmond at the MathScience Innovation Center Richmond, Virginia Challenger Learning Center of Las Cruces Las Cruces, New Mexico"

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"Challenger Learning Center of Alaska Kenai, Alaska Challenger Space Center of Arizona Peoria, Arizona Challenger Learning Center at the Columbia Memorial Space Center Downey, California Challenger Learning Center at Chabot Space and Science Center Oakland, California Challenger Learning Center at the Powerhouse Science Center Discovery Campus Sacramento, California Challenger Learning Center of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado Challenger Learning Center at the Discovery Museum Bridgeport, Connecticut Challenger Learning Center at the Kirby Smith Middle School Jackson, Florida Challenger Learning Center of Tallahassee Tallahassee, Florida Challenger Learning Center at the Coca-Cola Space Science Center Columbus, Georgia Challenger Center Hawaii at Barbers Point Elementary School Kapolei, Hawaii Challenger Learning Center at Heartland Community College Normal, Illinois Challenger Learning Center for Science & Technology of Aurora University Woodstock, Illinois Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana Hammond, Indiana Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky Hazard, Kentucky Challenger Learning Center – Louisville Louisville, Kentucky Challenger Learning Center at Paducah Paducah, Kentucky Challenger Learning Center of Maine Bangor, Maine Challenger Learning Center at Howard B. Owens Science Center Lanham, Maryland Challenger Learning Center at the Christa Corrigan McAuliffe Center, Framingham State University Framingham, Massachusetts Challenger Learning Center – St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri Challenger Learning Center of Northern Nevada Sparks, Nevada Buehler Challenger & Science Center Paramus, New Jersey Challenger Learning Center of Las Cruces Las Cruces, New Mexico Town of Ramapo Challenger Learning Center Airmont, New York Challenger Learning Center of the Twin Tier Region Allegany, New York Challenger Learning Center of Lockport Lockport, New York NYC Center for Aerospace and Applied Mathematics New York City, New York Challenger Learning Center of Greater Rochester Rochester, New York Challenger Learning Center of the Greater Capital Region at miSci Schenectady, New York Challenger Learning Center of Dayton Dayton, Ohio Challenger Learning Center of Lake Erie West Oregon, Ohio Challenger Learning Center of Richland County School District One Columbia, South Carolina Challenger STEM Learning Center; University of Tennessee Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tennessee Challenger Learning Center at Texas State Technical College Harlingen Harlingen, Texas Challenger Learning Center at the Scobee Education Center, San Antonio College San Antonio, Texas Challenger Learning Center at Texas State Technical College Waco Waco, Texas Challenger Learning Center Richmond at the Math-Science Innovation Center Richmond, Virginia Challenger Learning Center at Wheeling Jesuit University Wheeling, West Virginia" source: https://www.challenger.org/where-we-are

Please update the Advisor Council "President George H.W. Bush Senator and astronaut John Glenn" to "George H.W. Bush, John Glenn and Annie Glenn, Norman R. Augustine, Sarah Brightman" source: https://www.challenger.org/who-we-are/#team

Please update the Board of Directors "Charles Resnik MD - Brother of Judith Resnik" to " •June Scobee Rodgers •Virginia A. Barnes •Kent Rominger •Capt. Kenneth S. Reightler •Dan Renberg •Robert Curbeam •Lance Bush, Ph.D. •Kevin J. Anderson •Warren M. Boley Jr. •Dr. Richard Garriott de Cayeux •Leslee Gilbert •Gwen Griffin •Lowell Grissom •W. Michael Hawes, D. Sc. •Laura Husband •Josh Izenberg •Capt. Mark E Kelly •Kathie Klein •Barbara Morgan •John Shannon •Jackie A. Shia •Christopher Stott •Carol Vorderman MB •Karolyn D. Young" Source: https://www.challenger.org/who-we-are/#team

Please update references "https://www.challenger.org/where-we-are/" to "Challenger.org"

Sfernandez86 (talk) 17:47, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

 Note: This request has been moved from the user's Talk page. Requests are supposed to go to the article in question and this seemed like the best guess. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 00:31, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

The introduction request cannot be accepted, as it does not comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy (it's clearly promotional). Things such as "firmly committed to the belief that they must carry on the spirit of their loved ones by continuing the Challenger crew’s educational mission" , "cultivating skills and knowledge" and "cutting-edge Mission Control room and high-tech Space Station" may be appropriate to put onto something like the organization's website, but are completely unsuitable for an encyclopedia. Remember, Wikipedia is not a place for advertisement.

The list request should only include the actual centers that you're proposing to add/remove (as well as references to prove their existence), not the full list. Now, board of directors shouldn't really be present in the article, should it? Perhaps the section should be removed altogether? Else the article just turns into lists... And, I just realized that the proposed addition at the start is partially copied over from the organization's website, which is a clear copyright violation unless the text is in public domain/ has been released under the Creative Commons Licence. Overall, the edit request can't be implemented. Regards, VB00 (talk) 18:01, 27 September 2017 (UTC)